Maharashtra-Haryana live updates: ML Khattar to take oath as Haryana CM on Sunday, Chautala to be deputy CM

The Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections are the result of the hard work and dedication of the party's hard workers. The party is proud of all its workers. The public gave a clear message that the days of propaganda are over. Truth cannot be suppressed for long

This is Sena's first win in the drought-prone constituency, which has been a Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) stronghold with Ganpatrao Deshmukh representing the seat 11 times. Ganpatrao Deshmukh's grandson Aniket lost by a wafer-thin margin of 768 votes to Shiv Sena's Shahaji Bapu Patil. Patil had contested against the senior Deshmukh six times in the past, but never won. Read more

Ten INLD and one SAD MLA had joined BJP just before the assembly elections and BJP had given tickets to seven of these MLAs. Only one could retain his seat and rest faced humiliating defeats. Read more

Sena bagged six seats including Aurangabad central and Aurangabad West, whereas the BJP emerged victorious on three seats including Aurangabad East. Among the three assembly constituencies in city areas, Aurangabad central constituency recorded lowest winning margin of 13,892 votes and saw Sena’s Pradeep Jaiswal defeat Naseruddin Siddiqui of MIM.

Former Union minister Kumari Selja managed to build up a good working relationship with BS Hooda just before the elections, which helped Congress project an image of stability at the top of the organisation.

“Only ministers can enter both houses — legislative assembly and legislative council. Hence, if Aaditya wants to learn the culture of both the houses, he must be a part of the cabinet,” said a Shiv Sena functionary. Read full story

Wrestlers Yogeshwar Dutt and Babita Phogat were pinned on the mat in Haryana, leaving Sandeep Singh as the lone winner

EVM doubters were nowhere to be seen or heard on the big day. "Just like ‘Doubting Thomases’ were silenced by the poll upsets for BJP in Karnataka, MP and Rajasthan assembly poll, the eroded tally for the ruling party in Haryana and Maharashtra has once again proven the tamper-proof nature of EVMs,” said an EVM technical expert. Read more

While BJP may have suffered a dent in other parts of the state, it retained its clout in Mumbai Metropolitan Region, bagging 12 assembly seats in Thane and Raigad districts. The Sena tally stood at five

The development comes after Kanda's brother Gobind Kanda had said that Haryana Lokhit Party is in touch with five more MLAs, who will extend their "unconditional support" to the ruling party (ANI)

Descendants of former deputy PM Devi Lal emerged the most powerful this time, with four members of his family being elected to the 14th state assembly. While Lal’s younger son Ranjit Singh won from Rania as an independent, grandson Abhay Chautala, the younger son of former chief minister O P Chautala, romped home in Ellenabad. Read more

The abrogation of Article 370 in August, was the focus of PM Modi and BJP president Amit Shah's election campaign in Haryana and Maharashtra. But politicians and social scientists say that it hasn’t worked, at least to the extent that BJP wanted.

Sharad Pawar has fought serious odds and breathed fresh oxygen not only into his party, the Nationalist Congress Party, but also into almost all regional parties in the country. The dominant Maratha community in western Maharashtra found greater appeal in the ageing Sharad Pawar’s energetic rallies than in BJP’s reservation pie.

Ministers and turncoats pulled NDA down in the assembly elections. Eight ministers of the Devendra Fadnavis government lost at the hustings. While it was expected that some of Fadnavis's ministers would lose, the defeat of Anil Bonde was a surprise.